The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown Colored Man

Date: 
July 5, 1892

Deceased

Description: 
Unknown Colored Man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the unknown man came to his death from Gun Shot wound in the hands of A B Blakely in self defence.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Will Davis
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
AB Blakely
Inquest Images: 
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